The week that was is a round-up of key events in the construction sector over the last seven days. The latest update covers:

• botched insulation under government scheme
• Robertson's £30m Newcastle Cancer Centre Project Advances
• construction administration
• £72m tender floated for Portadown Flood Scheme.

RICS has identified numerous emerging issues affecting the PII market. To maintain consumer protection at a high level, in response to the issues, between 27 February 2025 and 4 April 2025, the RICS ran a consultation on a number of changes to the RICS PII terms. The changes were made to consumer run-off cover, fire safety, any one claim, cancellation of PII policies by RICS members, and notifying RICS of policy cancellation. These amendments took effect on 1 July 2025.

The Supreme Court handed down its keenly awaited judgment in URS Corp Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2025] UKSC 21 on 21 May 2025. The dispute concerns whether a developer (BDW Trading Ltd) can recover the cost of remedying allegedly dangerous defects in two residential developments from the structural engineers (URS Corporation Ltd) responsible for their design.